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TIL in Scotland, landowners can’t restrict access to land; you’re free to walk across any rural or agricultural land as you please.

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OV6X TIL that once coming to fame, Kurt cobain used his public image to advocate rights for women, homosexuals, minorities and misfits
jNylj TIL the carpet shark, native to the northern Australian coast, is a long, slender shark that tends to be creamy or brown with variously-sized dark spots. They forage for food in tidal pools and risk being stranded, but they can survive for an hour without oxygen or simply walk back to the ocean.
nPKP TIL that a parrot named Echo was put into witness protection after testifying against its owner leading to their arrest
rGQx TIL The Winner of the Nobel Prize for discovering the wave-like nature of the electron is the son of the Winner for Nobel Prize for discovering the particle-like nature of the electron
GBn5 TIL The Library of Congress is archiving every public tweet ever posted